Partners
Prayer Partners:
0 Current
10 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$93,000 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Southeast Asia
- Speakers:
- 23,143,000
- Start Year:
- 2010
- End Year:
- 2010
Reports to Investors
InStori IG | Indonesian
In a nation within Southeast Asia, a dire gap exists between people who prefer to learn by reading and people who cannot read or simply prefer to learn by oral methods. Today, about 700 people groups remain steeped in oral traditions. Before literacy efforts ever can begin, millions die without ever hearing the truth of the Scriptures in the language of their heart.
The Seed Company and several like-minded organizations operating within this nation have formed a strategy to reach these oral learners by implementing a sweeping OneStory program. During the initial phase, which lasts one year, national trainees from each major region are selected to begin crafting 24 oral Bible stories in the national language. These stories will reach their respective communities with the gospel. Plans are to merge regional projects into a comprehensive phase lasting several years. Sustainability will happen when these initial trainees return to their regions and train others to craft oral Bible stories in neighboring languages. One goal is to train 3000 storytellers in three years.
News from the Field
- Aug30
20 million people of Southeast Asia
The ambitious OneStory program is in full swing, training nationals in oral Bible storying. Estimates suggest that up to 20 million people could hear the gospel for the first time in their own languages, as the program unfolds over the next several years. - Apr13
InStori of Southeast Asia
Bible translation is on the hearts and minds of many local Christian leaders within this region. Yet they seriously question how much time they have. Millions of people—as many as 20 million—prefer to learn by oral traditions, not the written word.